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In France, Women Are Free
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"I have read the original French and this is not a very good translation. But I think it points up one critically important difference between the US and France. There, in France, power really starts with the government; here in the US, we start off with the power being in each of us as individuals. The problem in this case is that a woman's fundamental rights should not depend on such a difference of governmental structure; they should prevail no matter what is the system of government. So, too, for us men! We can all express horror over the French actions on the Burkini and on other matters, but the only way rights can be won, as they should be, is to force France to accept that fundamental human rights are not open to government tinkering or abridgment. That will not happen in the current political environment in France, and it is not at all clear that the European Court of Human Rights will resolve this fundamental problem."
"I have read the original French and this is not a very good translation. But I think it points up one critically important difference between the US and France. There, in France, power really starts with the government; here in the US, we start off with the power being in each of us as individuals. The problem in this case is that a woman's fundamental rights should not depend on such a difference of governmental structure; they should prevail no matter what is the system of government. So, too, for us men! We can all express horror over the French actions on the Burkini and on other matters, but the only way rights can be won, as they should be, is to force France to accept that fundamental human rights are not open to government tinkering or abridgment. That will not happen in the current political environment in France, and it is not at all clear that the European Court of Human Rights will resolve this fundamental problem."
En France, les femmes sont libres | Manuel Valls
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"France est un pays avec le pouvoir principal dans l'etat et aux E-U, nous sommes un pays qui commence avec les droits, individuels, des hommes et des femmes. Ca s'explique, je pense, un grand morceau des opinions differentes sur la question des vetements sur la plage."
"France est un pays avec le pouvoir principal dans l'etat et aux E-U, nous sommes un pays qui commence avec les droits, individuels, des hommes et des femmes. Ca s'explique, je pense, un grand morceau des opinions differentes sur la question des vetements sur la plage."
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